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Romney’s Rich Backers Turn to Clinton

Surreal Shift

Clinton has gone even further than Trump in promising to kill a tax break that benefits wealthy financiers. So why are private equity titans giving all their campaign money to her?

Alec MacGillis, ProPublica | Published Sep 07, 2016

Inside the ‘Voters for Hillary’ Scam

‘It’s On Like Donkey Kong’

One company’s stock soared, based on the news that ‘Voters for Hillary’ would hire it. Except the group never spent a dime on Clinton. Was the whole thing a penny-stock swindle?

ProPublica | Published May 27, 2016

Sued Over a $60 Medical Bill

BAD MEDICINE

Every year Nebraska collection agencies file lawsuits by the tens of thousands thanks to cheap court feeds and loose rules that leave the poor and sick vulnerable.

ProPublica | Published Apr 28, 2016

The Law That Poisoned Flint

STATE-SPONSORED ABUSE

Voters decided to scrap the kind of super-empowered emergency managers who made questionable decisions in Flint—but state lawmakers revived the program.

ProPublica | Published Mar 04, 2016

Top Republicans Cash in Like Democrats

HEAVY CREAM

A ProPublica analysis of political fundraising shows Republican leaders like Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy have more donors in common with Democrats than with their rank-and-file.

ProPublica | Published Jan 22, 2016

What’s in Your Wallet? A Legal Nightmare

RED ARMY

A ProPublica analysis of state court filings reveals that Capital One sues its customers far more than any other bank—and typically for amounts between just $1,000 and $1,500.

ProPublica | Published Dec 28, 2015

Did Hospitals Kill Her Mom?

BIOHAZARD

Paula Schulte couldn’t survive a cascade of medical mistakes. After that, her family couldn’t get answers—or accountability.

ProPublica | Published Dec 18, 2015

Nobody Ever Gets Off the ‘No-Fly List’

AIR KAFKA

The U.S. government admitted it made a mistake when it put this Stanford Ph.D. on a terror watch list. She’s still not allowed in the United States.

ProPublica | Published Dec 15, 2015

Hillary’s Fake Tough Talk on Wall Street

‘Wonderful Donors’

Clinton talks up her record on reining in the financial industry, but a look at her proposals and votes as a senator during the crisis years tells a different story.

ProPublica | Published Nov 13, 2015

FOUND: CIA’s Fugitive Banker

In Plain Sight

How Michael Jon Hand, who founded an Australian bank with ties to American military and intelligence officials that defrauded depositors and investors, was tracked to Idaho.

ProPublica | Published Nov 10, 2015

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